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Rapping Isn\'t Fundamental
When I did ironic little rap ditties (diddy's?) for 50 Cent's Vitaminwater, Nerve.com, Gawker and such I thought I was on to something new and different. The future. Hip hop's untapped potential as both an art and a more compelling form of communic...
Packed My Bowl, Err Bags, And Moved To Portland
From the town that brought you the Portland Jailblazers, and mad roses, comes the latest smellgood sensation: the first "marijuana cafe" in the United States.The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon (opened mid-November), is the first to give certified ...
The Assimilated Piano
They're calling it "the fluid piano"; I'll just call it a "culturally assimilated piano", since that's longer and more cumbersome to say or write. In either case, here we have an instrument of art that dares to step outside of its western music roots...
DJ David Sedaris on the Wheels of Steel
yo, i knew my homey, my stromey david sedaris was down with hip hop! that's got to be why he's dropping his next audiobook in a format they used to call vinyl. wax. phonograph records.i think it's a very cute hipster-funky idea, but i honestly haven'...
Looks Like Someone Put Something in Katie Couric\'s Drank
I dare you to deny your love for some Katie Couric after seeing photos of her getting her freak on...surreal... but ooh, looks like Katie was the one that got the party started alsoyo, she's backing that thang up and erything!seriously is she, like, ...
Where For Art Thou Black Lady Gaga?
I've caught the Lady Gaga fever of late. Methinks the proof for her legitimacy is in the live acoustic pudding.When she's sitting at the piano doing her hipster-glam-quirky Amy Winehouse meets Alicia Keys (Alicia Winehouse?) thing we get a more intim...

A nine because I haven't read enough posts yet to know if its a ten... but I like what I've seen so far. This blog is funny and contrarian. I enjoy reading writing about race that comes from a fresh perspective; and I don't have to agree with everything to enjoy it.
Keep on doing what you're doing.
Posted: May 24th, 2008 | More Reviews From blackoncampus | Report This Comment